This scientific group formated under the Ilse Katz Center aims to develop excellent, innovative research in the area of nano-scaled materials.

This University was established in 2006 and the Ilse Katz Institute for Nano-Science and Technology (IKI) at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) operates under the Israeli National Nanotechnology Initiative (INNI). They educate students that nanoscience and nanotechnology are interdisciplinary. The skills required for quality research are based on knowledge gained in traditional disciplines. Research in nanotechnology is accomplished at the IKI in a variety of areas such as energy conversion and storage, nano-photonics, nano-biotechnology, nano-medicine, biophysics, water purification and desalination, biological and chemical sensing, quantum science and technology, thin films and nano-materials synthesis, characterization and interactions.